Terrorism case could hinge on relationships

FBI: Mobile man had ties with Hammami, a most-wanted terrorist

12:37 AM,
Dec. 24, 2012

Wilson

Written by

Jay Reeves
and Melissa Nelson-Gabriel

The terrorism case against an Alabama man accused of planning to wage violent jihad in Africa may hinge on just how well he knew a man on the FBI's most-wanted terrorist list.

Federal prosecutors portrayed Randy Wilson as an Islamic radical who wanted to reunite with Omar Hammami, an American who also grew up in Alabama but has since become one of the most well-known jihadists in Somalia. Wilson and another American who lived in Alabama for the last year, Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair, are accused of plotting to leave the country to join Islamic radicals fighting in North Africa.